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Amy Elkins Parting Words Exhibit

Jun 13, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEditorials, Photo-essay#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Angola Three, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Prison Art, Solitary Confinement

By Jean F. Andrews A Photography Exhibition by Amy Elkins at the Houston Center for Photography, May 8th to July 5, 2015 Amy Elkins, photographer examines capital punishment and solitary confinement through her powerful, haunting and evocative exhibition. For many years, Ms. Elkins had a personal relationship with many inmates on death row through letter

More on Si5S

Jun 7, 2015deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Book Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, si5s

By BitcoDavid A few months ago, we did a piece on Si5S, a written form of ASL. Si5S deserves your attention because it nullifies the argument that ASL isn’t a language due to the fact that it has no written form. But its relevance goes beyond that. For one thing, it can help non-Signers learn

A Word on Police Militarization

May 21, 2015deafinprisonorg1 CommentEditorials, Photo-essay#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Baltimore, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Police, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid On May 18th, President Obama signed an Executive Order, effectively banning the transfer of military equipment by the Federal government, to community police departments. This is a step in the right direction, and will help to end what has become nothing short of a war between the police, and the communities they are

Castaways: A Documentary

May 9, 2015deafinprisonorgEmbeded Files, Service Animal Programs, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dog, Littlethings.com, Therapy dog

By BitcoDavid I got this video from Littlethings.com via Facebook. I had to go through some machinations in order to convert it to a format you could see embedded on DeafInPrison.com. I’ve linked to the original. We’re not about stealing anything here, and generally we only publish our own original content, but this is a

A Victimless Crime?

May 7, 2015deafinprisonorgEditorials, Supporter Contributions#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Matthew Gilbert, Substance abuse, War on Drugs

By Supporter Contributor Matthew Gilbert A few days ago, I saw a post by someone who was grieving for a loved one lost to drug overdose. They made the point that there are victims to drug use. I was not about to argue with a grieving person and I am not now going to. How

The Making of the Film “Love is Never Silent”

Mar 12, 2015deafinprisonorg8 CommentsASL, Book Reviews, Deaf History, Movie Reviews#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #LoveisNeverSilentScreenCampaign, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Joanne Greenberg, Love Is Never Silent

By Joanne Greenberg I wrote the book In This Sign, parts of which were made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame production. The book had been out for some years and had won an award for its portrayal of Deaf people and their hearing children. Because my husband and I had become part of the

Outcasts and Angels: Stories featuring the Deaf

Feb 8, 2015deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Book Reviews, Embeded Files, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Ambrose Bierce, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Joanne Greenberg, Lilcoco Love

By BitcoDavid As many of you know, for about the past 3 weeks, I’ve been working to translate and caption the video “What is ASL?” by Deaf activist and Signing whiz, Lilcoco Love. But she’s a native Signer, and I’m… well… I’m me. It’s an awesome video, and she’s got a lot to say. About

SI5S Provides the Ability to Write in ASL

Jan 14, 2015deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Communication, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, si5s

By BitcoDavid It’s written in an ASL finger spelling font, that is available for free download, from Gallaudet via LifePrint. This is useable as a novelty font, allowing the user to write English in the ASL finger spelling alphabet. But what if Sign actually had its own alphabet – or Digibet, if you will? For

Short Survey Helps HEARD and Deaf Inmates

Jan 12, 2015deafinprisonorgASL, Deaf and the Internet, Embeded Files, Video#JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Federal Communications Commission, H.E.A.R.D., Internet access

By BitcoDavid The Internet has been a huge boon to the Deaf Community, and it can be leveraged into a great asset for Deaf inmates as well. One major problem facing the Deaf in prison, is access to telecommunications. There are numerous factors that go into this problem. Numbering among them are, time required to

Skype and the Deaf

Jan 6, 2015deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Deaf and the Internet, Editorials#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Microsoft, Skype

By BitcoDavid Video Relay is a godsend for the Deaf community. It allows those who cannot speak or hear, to engage in phone conversations with those who can. And it does so with far greater ease and speed, than its predecessor, TTY. But Video Relay has its drawbacks as well. It’s slower than full duplex